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▼ CD 1: Festival of Waltzes
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1Waltz from Eugene Onegin
orchestra:
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act II Scene I: Waltz (Excerpt)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие II, картина 1, no. 13. Вальс с сценой и хором "Вот так сюрприз" (Waltz with Scene and Chorus "Vot tak syurpriz")
Tchaikovsky5:39
2Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)
Tchaikovsky6:23
3Waltzes of Youth
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
Lehár6:32
4Waltzes in C-sharp minor and E-flat
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
recording of:
Waltz no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 18 “Grande Valse brillante”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1833)
dedicated to:
Laura Harsford
part of:
Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 18)
recording of:
Waltz no. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
Chopin9:04
5The Waltzing Cat
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
The Waltzing Cat
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1950-02-21)
Anderson3:15
6"Minute" Waltz
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Waltz no. 6 in D-flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
Chopin2:18
7Grand March from Tannhäuser
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. Festmarsch (Grand March)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle" (Einzug der Gäste)
Wagner5:05
8March of the Dwarfs from Lyric Suite
orchestra:
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
recording of:
Lyric Suite, op. 54: IV. March of the Dwarfs. Allegro marcato (orch. Seidl)
orchestrator:
Edvard Grieg (composer) and Anton Seidl
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte V, op. 54: No. 3: Troldtog (Lyric Pieces, Book V, op. 54 no. 3: March of the Dwarfs)
part of:
Lyric Suite, op. 54 (orch. Seidl)
Grieg3:24
9March from Fatinitza
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Fatinitza: March
composer:
Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer)
part of:
Fatinitza
Suppé2:25
10Semper Fidelis
orchestra:
Regimental Band of the British Guards
conductor:
Maj. Hillary Wilkenson
recording of:
Semper Fidelis
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1888)
Sousa2:45
11Funeral March of a Marionette
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts Symphonique de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (for orchestra, 1879) (in 1960-06)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
arrangement of:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (Funeral March of a Marionette, original, for piano solo, 1872)
Gounod3:56
12March from Fidelio
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Act I, Scene II, no. 6a. Marsch
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1814)
additional librettist:
Georg Friedrich Treitschke
librettist:
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
translator:
Joseph Sonnleithner
part of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Akt I
Beethoven2:16
13Entrance March from The Gypsy Baron
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Marsch aus dem Zigeunerbaron
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
J. Strauss Jr.3:03
14Crown Imperial
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Mandell (American conductor)
recording of:
Crown Imperial (march)
composer:
William Walton (composer and conductor) (in 1937)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
Walton10:02
▶ CD 2: Festival of Music for Reflection
▶ CD 3: Festival of Overtures
▶ CD 4: Festival of Music of Youth